Murder Most Foul

KILLER TWINS

Robert Bruce Spahalski and Stephen Spahalski were identical twins. Same hair, same eyes, same thirst for blood. Stephen was the first brother to kill - by viciously bashing in storeowner Ronald Ripley's head with a hammer when he was 17 years old!Unlike Stephen, Robert didn't stop with just one victim. With the cord of an iron, Robert strangled prostitute Morraine Armstrong while having sex. With his bare hands, he choked his girlfriend, Adrian Berger. He brutally bludgeoned to death businessman Charles Grande. Even his friend Vivian Irizarry didn't escape his lurid killing spree. Robert ultimately confessed to the four murders in vivid detail. But police suspected there were many more. The twins' twisted story became even more bizarre as the true nature of their sick psyches came to light. Robert Spahalski reveals for the first time the horrific details of his life and crimes in the book KILLER TWINS, a disturbing look at the inner workings of a homicidal mind. KILLER TWINS author, Michael Benson joins me today on MMF

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A Perfect Storm of Injustice

Jun 2001:54:13Tap to summarize

Imagine you come home from a pick-up basketball game at your church’s gym, to find your wife and two small children slaughtered in your garage. But wait! It gets worse!Now imagine after a few short days of inept, possibly corrupt, investigation and, despite the fact you have 11 witnesses swearing you were with them at the precise time the murders took place, you are arrested for the crime. Not done yet. You are convicted twice with twoappeals vacating your previous convictions. Three times the charm you say? Join me today as we navigate the 13-year odyssey that is the case of former Indianna State Trooper David Camm and his quest for justice. My guest is former FBI Agent and Investigator for the defense, Gary Dunn.Producer’s Note: This edition of MMF is just under 2 hours in length. I hope you will take the time to follow the story to its conclusion…for David Camm.

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Child Last Seen

Jun 700:42:52Tap to summarize

HER CASE HAD BEEN CLOSED—BUT NOT FORGOTTEN. On an unseasonably warm winter evening in Pennsylvania,15-year-old Patty Desmond sneaked out through a basement window. She had a history of running away, and that, combined with an argument with her mother, gave police reason to suspect she’d come home in a week or two. The year was 1965. That night was the last time herfamily ever saw her. Conrad Eugene Miller was well-known to local law enforcement. An older married man with a child, Miller’s association with Patty was questionable at best. Yet he was the last person known to have seen her alive—and the suspect police continued to circle back toward.After nothing but false sightings and rumors, the casewas moved to the backburner—where it stayed. As decades crept by, reality sunk in: Patty Desmond was never coming back. Then, a tiny crack unleashed a flood of information, and a mystery long kept unraveled.Author and Journalist, Maureen Boyle joins us today toshare the story of CHILD LAST SEEN.

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The Good Nurse

Jun 100:50:27Tap to summarize

After his December 2003 arrest, nurse Charlie Cullen wasquickly dubbed "The Angel of Death" by the media. But he was no mercy killer nor a simple monster. But he was perhaps the most prolific serial killer in American history, implicated in the deaths of as many as 400 patients.Cullen's murderous career spanned sixteen years and ninehospitals. Now, in a riveting piece of investigative journalism, Charles Graeber uncovers how Cullen gamed the system, and tells the unbelievable true story of the confidential informant asked to risk her life and career to betray a friend and finally stop a serial killer. Based on extensive never-before-seenevidence and years of exclusive jailhouse conversations with Cullen himself.THE GOOD NURSE is a mesmerizing and irresistibly paced portrait of medicine and madness. This book will make you look at hospitals and the people who work inthem in an entirely different way.Journalist and author, Chales Graeber is my guest today onMurder Most Foul.

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KILLER CLOWN

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If you believe serial killers are not entitled to defense lawyers, STOP HERE! This episode is not for you. On the other hand, if you are curious what it is like to defend one of America's most notorious serial killers during his final deathrow appeals-Welcome. "Killing Time with John Wayne Gacy" is a gripping account by Karen Conti, detailing her experiences defending John Wayne Gacy-“The Killer Clown.”In addition to Gacy, Ms. Conti also defended Jeffrey MacDonald of “Fatal Vision” fame and weighs in on that case as well in this episode of MURDER MOST FOUL.

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To Catch A Killer!

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A serial killer turns crime victim when his own daughteris the one viciously murdered. He asks law enforcement for help, but the case goes cold. Then he turns to Sheryl McCollum and the Cold Case Investigative Research Institute. There’s never been a case like this in history. Sheryl and her team of experts get involved and they hatch a plan. What happens when Sheryl uses a serial killer as bait to catch a killer? Listen in as I ask Sheryl that precise question.

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RED FLAG WARNING!

May 100:55:36Tap to summarize

If your spouse joked on a nationally televised game show that his biggest mistake at your wedding was saying, ‘I do!’ would you consider that a RED FLAG? Becky Bliefnick did. She tried to tell her family, her friends, even the police that she was getting increasingly frightened of her husband, Tim. Two weeks before her divorce trial was to begin, her husband, Tim, shot her 14 times in her bathroom. The coroner testifies that Becky he did not die swiftly, but wasconscious as she bled out staring up at her husband as stood over her.My guest today is Synova Cantrell, award-winning true crime writer, licensed private investigator and victims' advocate raising awareness for cold cases.

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Over the Edge: The Andrea Yates Story

Mar 2100:57:49Tap to summarize

“I just killed my children.” On June 6th, 2001 those words were uttered to a 911 operator in suburban Houston by Andrea Yates. She had just drowned her 5 children, ages 6 months to 7 years, in her bathtub. No one who knew Andrea could picture the devoted mother capable of such an unbelievable crime or imagine the terror in the eyes of her trusting children. As their father, Rusty, struggled between overwhelming grief and loyalty to his imprisoned wife, an outraged nation struggled with an unfathomable question. Why were theykilled? The book, Breaking Point, provides a harrowing portrait of the suffocating darkness at the heart of one all-American family, and exposes the private demons that pushed a mother over the edge. My guest is Suzy Spencer, the authorof Breaking Point.

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